Archive for November, 2010
Women and society
For a long time women were something less than men. The men always ruled the world and women had to obey their husbands. It was really hard for them. But the problem of discrimination of women is still present. Since the Roman times up until recently it was only the men [Read More]
Csango
Romania’s Csángó population is defined depending on the context and who makes that definition. A politically correct definition could be “the population (the Romanian and Hungarian speech with some variations) mainly from Moldova (Bacau County – North-East), [Read More]
Nationality today and Personal identity
From the lessons we were taught at school it would seem, that European nations have lived side by side with each other for the whole history of mankind. Sometimes peacefully, sometimes fighting, but always as strictly distinct groups divided by a clear line. But this [Read More]
Language – an important part of integration in the Baltic States
Having a national minority is something which every European country has to face today. What makes integrating difficult is different religions, culture and most importantly different languages. The biggest minority of Estonia is Russians with 25% of the whole population. [Read More]
What does 17th November mean for the Czech Republic?
On 25th February 1948 the Communist Party received more than 40% of votes at the elections in the Czech countries. The communists took hold of the governance and a huge overturn happened in The Czech Republic for a period of 40 years. [Read More]
